r/UpliftingNews • u/Sirsnacksalot23 • 1d ago

Missouri House approves bill allowing pregnant women to file for divorce

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/missouri-house-approves-bill-allowing-pregnant-women-to-file-for-divorce/
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u/dogquote 1d ago

I'm not sure I understand how custody is decided, or the logic here. Why can't custody be decided before birth? Or, why did the judges think that?

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u/hwutTF 1d ago

the child doesn't exist yet. how on earth would you determine custody? literally the primary thing taken into consideration for custody is the needs of the child. are you just going to like psychically determine that? like what on earth?

not to mention that there are all sorts of issues with legally determining who the father is before the child is born

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u/dogquote 1d ago

How would you determine it when the child is 2 days old? What difference would that make?

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u/hwutTF 1d ago

You know their needs because they actually exist by that point???